Author: Ian Osgood
Date: 11:22:20 02/10/00
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On February 09, 2000 at 13:32:21, Ian Osgood wrote: >On February 09, 2000 at 02:09:15, O. Veli wrote: > >>Mr. Lang has a new version of ChessGenius for the PalmPilot on >>http://www.chessgenius.com . Does anybody know if this program is stronger than >>Sapphire II? > >Funny you should ask... :) > >I just downloaded ChessGenius to my Palm IIIe last night. Here are my test >results so far. Disclaimer: this is a very small sample; hardly significant. >Most are with Genius at 1sec/move, a restriction of the evaluation version. >Scores are relative to Genius. > >Deep Green on Newton (SCP engine, 160MHz StrongARM, no permanent brain) > 1 sec: 1 1 > 2 sec: = = 0 0 > 2 sec vs. Genius at 2sec through move 20: 1 1 > >PocketChess (SCP engine, Palm, no permanent brain) > Level 1: 1 (blowout) > Level 2: = > Level 3: 1 > >Sapphire II (Kittinger engine, 16 MHz H8) > 2 sec, no permanent brain: 1 > 2 sec: = 1 > >Frankly, I am surprised Genius is having such good results against Sapphire II, >which has hash tables, a much bigger book, and an engine written in assembly >(circa 1997; the Roma engine is circa 1987). More Sapphire testing will follow >tomorrow. > >Observation: Genius moves instantly some of the time, so I suspect it has some >form of permanent brain (which can't be turned off). > >ChessGenius looks like a winner so far! Its interface is also quite nice and >elegant, like Pocket Chess. No bugs found so far. > >Ian Latest Genius-Sapphire II results (2 sec/move): 3 wins, 6 losses, 3 draws These are more in line with what I was expecting, given that Sapphire II thinks on opponents time, has a bigger book, and has a hashtable. Ian
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